Friday, October 30, 2009

shopping trip-dog approved!

I went to Sprouts and Central Market again this week. I've been trying new recipes and making some 'fancier' (more expensive) meals. I am still struggling to find the balance between cheap, healthy and also keeping things new and exciting.

My splurge items this week were organic hazlenuts and organic cashews - each half price but still $5.99 a bag. I finally bought organic chicken breasts. They were huge! I used one the other night in a chicken dish and will most likely do the same with the other two (I froze them) to really stretch it out. The chicken was about 1 1/2 pounds and cost over $10!!! A far cry from my $1.69 a pound stock up days! But I have to keep reminding myself of all other stuff we have cut out or have cut down on big time!

Just about everything this trip was organic. The few items not organic were all natural with nothing funny in the ingredient list as far as I could tell. My avocados and bananas are not organic - I buy conventional on those since they have such thick shells.